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A1	The Art Of Parties	4:12
A2	Talking Drum	3:35
A3	Ghosts	4:32
A4	Canton Composed By – S. Jansen*	5:33
B1	Still Life In Mobile Homes	5:32
B2	Visions Of China Composed By – S. Jansen*	3:39
B3	Sons Of Pioneers Composed By – M. Karn*	7:07
B4	Cantonese Boy	3:46

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Made By – Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

Credits

• Bass Guitar [Fretless Bass], Flute [African Flute], Suona [Dida] – Mick Karn
• Composed By – D. Sylvian*
• Cover [Cover Concept] – D. Sylvian*
• Design – Steve Joule
• Drums, Percussion, Programmed By, Electronic Drums [Keyboard Percussion] – Steve Jansen
• Engineer [Engineered By] – Steve Nye
• Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Tape [Tapes] – Richard Barbieri
• Keyboards, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming], Tape [Tapes], Guitar, Vocals – David Sylvian
• Photography By – Fin Costello
• Producer [Produced By] – Japan, Steve Nye
• Violin – Simon House
• Vocals – Yuka Fujii

Notes

1981 Japanese 8-track Vinyl LP, includes lyric insert written in both English & Japanese surrounded by Japanese Obi-Strip.

Made in Japan by Victor Musical Industries, Inc. Licensed by Virgin Records Ltd., England ℗ 1981

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A label): V-2209-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B label): V-2209-B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variant 1): V-2209A 113
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variant 1): V-2209B 113
• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped, variant 2): 〄Ⓑ V- V-2209A 112 +
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped, variant 2): V-2209B 112 +
• Other (Side 1 Catalogue #): VIP-6984
• Other (Side 2 Catalogue #): VIP-6984
• Other (Side 1 Catalogue #): VIRG-6984
• Other (Side 2 Catalogue #): VIRG-6984
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Other (Price): ¥2,500

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V2209	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V2209	UK	1981
CDV 2209, 0777 7 86697 22	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Virgin, Virgin	CDV 2209, 0777 7 86697 22	UK & Europe	Unknown
204169	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album, M/Print)	Virgin	204169	France	1981
204 169, 204 169-320	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album, M/Print)	Virgin, Virgin	204 169, 204 169-320	Netherlands	1981
2473 830, V2209	Japan	Tin Drum ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin, Virgin	2473 830, V2209	Greece	1982

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